Job alert! Dr. Laura Pereira is looking for a PhD candidate to develop a project using futures thinking to identifying vulnerabilities/tipping points and leveraging opportunities for African-informed transformative change, based at Global Change Institute. Read more 👉 buff.ly/3ElhHSE

Reminder: On June 2nd, we're inviting you to meet our 170 sustainability students and professionals for a festival about getting inspired by creative 'Seed' projects from around the world. It's free - at the awesome Spoorwegmuseum! Sign up & retweet! eventbrite.com/e/seeds-of-bet…

Come to this Seeds of Better Futures festival on 2 June and exchange with our students ideas on more sustainable futures!

A different type of must-read to some: my brave sister just co-wrote a book (in Dutch) about her life - and ours - to be of support to others who face sudden physical and cognitive disabilities (of family members) or any type of hardship. Get it here: broese.nl/boek?authortit…

How do public & private actors align for transformative action? PhD-opportunity on discursive spaces & transition narratives at @UUCopernicus Geosciences UU Utrecht University, supervised by Sanne Akerboom Christina Bidmon & myself. Deadline June 15! #SustainabilityTransitions uu.nl/en/organisatio…

Yay! This arrived yesterday. Feels wonderful to finally hand over the book to my supervisors and opponents

'Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations' is out now! This paper led by Lucas Rutting adapts the @SeedsGA approach to focus specifically on power shifts and conflicts as central for transformations. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

📢 JOB ALERT 📢 An exciting vacancy at Utrecht’s Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development: “Full Professor of Transformative Sustainability Governance” Join us at Utrecht University! Here’s the direct link: candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/3290…

Zo dankbaar dat ik de laatste maanden bij het SCP kon werken aan het einde van mijn proefschrift - en aan de raakvlakken (het belang van sociaal-culturele toekomstverkenningen).

Here's a cool thread on decolonizing futures with lots of work worth reading

A new paper led by Karlijn Muiderman out now in Global Environmental Change! Does foresight/anticipatory governance help open up future possibilities in the global south - or actually close them town? We report and combine insights from four global regions sciencedirect.com/science/articl…